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A textbook on macroeconomic knowledge and analysis, volume 35c inflation, employment and business fluctuations macroeconomic theory. I learned and am still learning dynamic macroeconomics from a series of great teachers. Macroeconomic theory and policy 2nd edition andolfatto, david simon fraser university 1 january 2008 online at mpra paper no. Macroeconomic theory iii economics mit opencourseware. This course is the third part of a threecourse sequence. First, to the extent that the deep parameters describing preferences and constraints are approximated reasonably well, the theory can provide reliable predictions. This file is licensed under the creative commons attribution. Aug 15, 2009 macroeconomic theory and macroeconomic pedagogy. This book aims to showcase and advance recent debates over the extent to which undergraduate macroeconomics teaching models adequately reflect the latest developments in the field. The course provides the students with graduatelevel theoretical tools and discusses their application to empirical evidence. The new consensus is characterized by a threeequation model.
Your details may be held on file and used by us to offer you other products and. J to give the students an overview of contemporary macroeconomic theory and to make the students understand and analyze relationships among different macroeconomic variables such as national income, employment, consumption, inflation and the quantity of money, student will be able to understand the role of government. Macroeconomic theory and macroeconomic pedagogy this page intentionally left blank macroeconomic theory and macroec. Macroeconomic theory and macroeconomic pedagogy heterodox. Find materials for this course in the pages linked along the left. Macroeconomic variables can then be computed by summing up the actions of all individuals. The purpose of this book, as its title suggests, is to reflect on the relationship between contemporary macroeconomic theory and prevailing techniques and practices in undergraduate macroeconomics education. A few of the more noted macroeconomic theories are.
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The consumption function, government debt and taxes, and dynamic optimal taxation. This revised second edition emphasizes the general equilibrium character of macroeconomics to explain effects across the whole economy while taking into account recent research in the field. The aim of macroeconomic theory and macroeconomic pedagogy is to encourage and advance this debate, with a specific view to improving macroeconomics education. Macroeconomic theory and macroeconomic pedagogy pdf free. This graduate textbook is a primer in macroeconomics. Request pdf macroeconomic theory and macroeconomic pedagogy this book aims to showcase and advance recent debates over the extent to which undergraduate macroeconomics teaching models.
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